On 11th April we had a full Young Labour National Committee meeting. I have summarised the main discussion points from the meeting.
Young Labour Bank Account Working with party staff we now have our own bank account which is exciting. Discussions were had at the meeting about how we were able to fundraise for that account and appropriate uses of the money. I suggested once the fund is more established to look at distributing the money to regions to spend on their own Young Labour groups and events. Young members often struggle to attend national events so ensuring our regions have more money to spend on local young Labour groups is a key priority. I also pushed to ensure a portion of this money goes into a hardship travel fund for young members to attend national campaign days and events. We have made our past 2 national events free of charge but I am currently lobbying the party to help with travel to these events because I think this is the biggest barrier for involvement. Feedback from our Equalities Academy and Political School We have had good feedback from our past 2 national events and I'm really proud that we were able to ensure these were spread out regionally and in accessible locations. Members enjoyed meeting other young members and the variety of speakers we had at events. Young members also enjoyed the training elements of the events. I once again raised the issue of transport costs being a barrier to involvement as we did have a drop off of numbers at our Equalities Academy in Bristol. However, our Political School in Birmingham was easier to get to so more were able to come along. Massive thanks goes out to our party staff who worked incredibly hard to make both weekends possible and as engaging as possible! Young Labour Conference 2017 We then discussed our next annual Young Labour conference which will be held in Autumn 2017. This event has been pushed back until Autumn as we have already had 2 national events in the Spring and also to ensure we are able to make the event as accessible, safe and engaging as possible. I have met with our new Safeguarding team at Labour HQ to discuss how we can improve after our last conference in Scarborough and I will continue to do this. We are also looking at implementing the Royal Report after Scarborough to ensure the conference is safe and friendly. I will be working with our liberation officers to ensure the conference is accessible to all liberation groups. Finally, I emphasised the need to ensure policy discussion was accessible to everyone not just those who know how to write a motion and make a speech in front of 300 people. It is vital we have a mixture of flexible ways to discuss policy so those who feel more confident in smaller groups also get to have their say. I also pushed for the need to host a meeting with our National Policy Forum Youth Representatives and having them involved in the planning. East Midlands Regional Representative Vacancy Our East Midlands regional rep on the YLNC has resigned so we are working to swiftly find a replacement. Members from the East Midlands keep an eye out for an email from your regional office detailing how this will be done. The more young members running the better so do consider standing for it if you are an EMYL member! Mental Health Campaign Update Our Young Labour priority campaign is Mental Health and we are currently setting up a meeting with Barbara Keeley MP about how we are going to take this forward. We will also be inviting representatives from the Labour Campaign for Mental Health to this meeting. I am really keen to see this campaign up and running as one of my manifesto pledges was to ensure our party is more accessible for those with mental health issues. I know how hard it can be to get involved when you have an invisible disability and that is something I'll be working hard with our Young Labour disability officer, Miriam Mirwitch to fix. Young Labour Group Registration Process We have been working to ensure the way we register Young Labour groups as 'official' is more streamlined and accessible. I have been working with the party's youth officer to look at how we can do this. A form has been developed which we have shared with Young Labour groups but so far only have 9 groups have officially registered. If you are the chair of a Young Labour group or CLP youth officer then please do speak to your regional office to get a form. If anyone has any questions about the above get in touch: [email protected] Jasmin NEC Youth Rep
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